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63Cheyenne
44Casper
33Jackson
Hole
29Milwaukee
43
Madison
41Charleston
54Seattle
Olympia 51 50 Spokane
48Richmond
65Burlington(^43) Montpelier
39
Salt Lake City
42
St. George
59
Dallas/Ft. Worth
74
Brownsville
83
Lubbock
64
Midland-Odessa
76
El Paso
69 Austin 78
San Antonio
78 Houston
80
Nashville
62
Memphis
71
Knoxville
54
Rapid City
(^47) Pierre
49
Sioux Falls
43
Charleston
71
Columbia
67
Harrisburg
61
Philadelphia
60
Pittsburgh
51
Burns
48
Bend
46
Portland
Salem 51
51
Oklahoma
City
57
Tulsa
58
Cincinnati
52
Cleveland
51
Columbus
51
Fargo
34
Bismarck
44
Raleigh
Charlotte^65
61
Buffalo
48 Albany
51
New York
56
Albuquerque
58
Santa Fe
55
Reno
47 Elko 46
Carson City
43
Las Vegas
65
Omaha
50
North Platte
52
Billings
51
Miles City
47
Helena
46
Kansas City
53
Jefferson City
51
St. Louis
52
Jackson
75
Mpls-St. Paul
38
Duluth
35
Detroit
50
Marquette
34
Lansing
47
Grand
Rapids
45
Boston
52
Annapolis
61
Bangor
37
Augusta
37
Baton Rouge
77
Shreveport
75
New
Orleans
78
Louisville
59
Topeka
55
Wichita
Dodge City 52 56
Des Moines
46
Indianapolis
53
Chicago
48
49
Boise
48
Idaho Falls
28
Atlanta
58
Savannah
73
Tallahassee
71
Jacksonville
76
Tampa
76
Miami
78
Hartford
53
Denver
Aspen 39 48
San Francisco
69
Palm Springs
70
Los Angeles
71
Sacramento
71
Fresno
66
Eureka
54
San Diego
63
Little Rock
Phoenix 64 72
Flagstaff
42
Birmingham
65
Montgomery
68
Mobile
Honolulu^75
81
San Juan
82
Anchorage
25
Juneau
40
Fairbanks
2
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Alaska
A cold front will bring a mix
of snow, sleet and freezing
rain to northern New England
today. The same front will ush-
er in periods of rain from New
York state, through western
Pennsylvania to the Ohio
River Valley.
Eastern parts of
the Northeast, from
Massachusetts to eastern
Virginia and North Carolina,
will be mostly dry, with per-
haps a shower late in the day.
Showers and thunder-
storms are forecast from the
Tennessee Valley to the Gulf
Coast today; some downpours
may bring flash flooding. High
pressure will allow dry weath-
er to move into the Upper
Midwest and the Plains.
Akron, Ohio 49/37r 53/35c
Albany, N.Y. 51/40r 54/40sh
Albuquerque 58/36pc 61/35c
Allentown, Pa. 60/44c 60/46c
Amarillo, Texas 55/35c 58/35c
Anaheim, Calif. 71/48pc 79/47s
Anchorage, Alaska 25/2sf 13/1pc
Aspen, Colo. 39/14sf 44/16s
Atlantic City, N.J. 55/46c 55/48sh
Augusta, Ga. 68/57r 72/57sh
Austin, Texas 78/60c 72/58t
64/40s 74/44s
Baton Rouge, La. 77/66t 80/66r
Billings, Mont. 51/34w 57/36w
Birmingham, Ala. 65/57t 69/55t
Bismarck, N.D. 44/29s 44/28sn
Boise, Idaho 48/34s 55/36pc
Buffalo, N.Y. 48/33r 46/35c
Burlington, Vt. 43/35r 47/34c
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 42/28pc 51/33pc
Charleston, S.C. 71/58s 72/59c
Charleston, W.Va. 54/46r 61/40r
Cheyenne, Wyo. 44/25pc 50/26s
Beijing 52/28s 50/26s
Buenos Aires 86/72s 84/71s
Cancun, Mexico 83/76s 85/77s
Dubai, UAE 84/68h 77/66w
Frankfurt 50/37r 48/33pc
Hong Kong 74/66w 75/64w
Istanbul 57/50pc 63/50h
Jerusalem 56/40pc 63/48s
Johannesburg 74/54t 77/58t
London 47/36r 48/35pc
Mexico City 82/54s 80/53s
Montreal 39/30i 39/30pc
Moscow 41/35c 40/36r
Mumbai, India 89/73h 88/74h
Paris 50/35r 47/39c
Rio de Janeiro 77/72r 80/73t
Rome 62/50r 58/40r
Seoul 47/29h 51/33h
Singapore 91/77pc 90/77pc
Sydney 93/68w 73/69sh
Toronto 44/29r 39/32c
Tokyo 51/46r 59/47w
Cincinnati 52/43r 57/37c
Cleveland 51/35r 50/36c
Colorado Springs 49/25c 51/28s
Columbia, S.C. 67/55r 71/58sh
Columbus, Ohio 51/41r 54/36c
Corpus Christi, Texas 80/66c 81/63c
Dayton, Ohio 51/38r 54/36c
Daytona Beach, Fla. 76/60s 81/62pc
Des Moines, Iowa 46/33c 55/37pc
Duluth, Minn. 35/25pc 38/20sn
Durham, N.C. 64/52pc 66/51sh
El Paso, Texas 69/47c 53/42r
Fairbanks, Alaska 2/-19sn -2/-22c
Flagstaff, Ariz. 42/24sf 52/23s
Fargo, N.D. 34/27s 37/22c
Fort Myers, Fla. 80/63s 84/68s
Fort Smith, Ark. 69/47c 66/50r
Fort Wayne, Ind. 50/29r 50/33pc
Fresno, Calif. 66/42s 73/45s
Grand Rapids, Mich. 45/27c 46/33pc
Green Bay, Wis. 39/23pc 43/28pc
Greensboro, N.C. 60/48c 65/50sh
Greenville, S.C. 57/48r 67/51r
Harrisburg, Pa. 61/45c 60/44sh
Hartford, Conn. 53/42c 59/43c
Indianapolis 53/34r 52/35pc
Islip, N.Y. 51/44c 55/44sh
Jackson, Miss. 75/63t 72/58r
Jacksonville, Fla. 76/60s 81/62pc
Jefferson City, Mo. 51/35c 60/40pc
Kansas City 53/35c 62/41s
Key West, Fla. 79/74sh 82/76pc
Knoxville, Tenn. 54/51r 65/49r
Laredo, Texas 87/67pc 84/59pc
Lexington, Ky. 53/47r 59/36r
Lincoln, Neb. 52/32c 61/35s
Little Rock, Ark. 72/54t 64/50r
Long Beach, Calif. 69/49pc 74/50s
Louisville, Ky. 59/49r 61/40r
Lubbock, Texas 64/43c 56/41r
Madison, Wis. 41/24pc 46/29pc
Manchester, N.H. 49/42c 59/43c
Memphis, Tenn. 71/57t 65/51r
Milwaukee 43/30pc 48/33c
Mobile, Ala. 75/62t 76/61t
Modesto, Calif. 70/41w 72/43s
Montgomery, Ala. 68/62t 73/58t
Myrtle Beach, S.C. 65/57s 67/57c
Nags Head, N.C. 60/52s 59/53sh
Nashville, Tenn. 62/55t 67/47r
Newark, N.J. 59/47c 60/46c
New Haven, Conn. 50/43c 54/44c
Norfolk, Va. 66/52pc 65/52sh
Oakland, Calif. 71/51w 72/47s
Oklahoma City 57/38c 65/45c
Omaha, Neb. 50/34c 59/39s
Palm Springs, Calif. 70/53sh 83/52s
Pensacola, Fla. 74/65t 76/65t
Pierre, S.D. 49/31s 52/31s
Pittsburgh 51/43r 53/36r
Portland, Maine 41/39c 53/40c
Portland, Ore. 51/44c 56/44sh
Providence, R.I. 51/43c 58/44c
Raleigh, N.C. 65/53pc 69/53sh
Rapid City, S.D. 47/24s 51/26s
Reno, Nev. 47/26s 57/28c
Richmond, Va. 65/48pc 64/47sh
Rochester, N.Y. 51/33r 45/35r
Sacramento, Calif. 71/43w 74/42s
San Antonio 78/65c 73/59t
San Jose, Calif. 69/46w 73/47s
Santa Fe, N.M. 55/27pc 58/29c
Sarasota, Fla. 77/63s 80/68s
Savannah, Ga. 73/58pc 77/61pc
Scottsdale, Ariz. 62/46sh 69/47s
Shreveport, La. 75/61c 71/56r
Sioux Falls, S.D. 43/34s 47/33c
South Bend, Ind. 45/29c 50/32pc
Spokane, Wash. 48/37pc 53/38w
52/37c 61/40pc
49/33c 56/38pc
St. Louis 52/36c 61/42pc
St. Petersburg, Fla. 79/63s 81/67s
Syracuse, N.Y. 52/34r 47/37r
Tallahassee, Fla. 71/59pc 78/63pc
Tampa, Fla. 76/64s 79/67s
Toledo, Ohio 51/29r 50/34pc
Topeka, Kan. 55/34c 63/37s
Tucson, Ariz. 62/42c 58/41s
Tupelo, Miss. 69/59t 71/51t
Tulsa, Okla. 58/39c 67/46c
Virginia Beach, Va. 65/51pc 63/51sh
Wichita, Kan. 56/34c 64/35s
Wilmington, Del. 60/44c 60/45sh
Winston-Salem, N.C. 59/48r 65/51r
Worcester, Mass. 48/40c 55/40c
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TUE Sunny76/
WED Mostly sunny
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MON T-s torm78/
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WED Rain76/
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MON Mostly cloudy
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WED Clearing60/
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WED Mostly sunny
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MON Mostly cloudy
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48 states through
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She was unlike anyone the Wiscon-
sin distance-running community had
seen before, and now she’s unlike any-
one the U.S. Olympic team has seen
before.
Molly Seidel came out of nowhere to
become the first in U.S. women’s histo-
ry to qualify for the Olympics in her
first-ever marathon.
Competing Saturday
in Atlanta, Seidel took
second place (2 hours,
27 minutes, 31 seconds),
just seven seconds be-
hind Kenyan-born Ali-
phine Tuliamuk for the
closest women’s finish
in the trials. Tuilamuk
was a 14-time All American at Wichita
State and became a U.S. citizen in
2016.
To repeat: It was Seidel’s first sanc-
tioned marathon ever. Earlier this year,
she placed as the third American in the
Aramco Houston Half Marathon.
“I definitely did not expect to be up
here,” Seidel said. “I wasn’t paying at-
tention to the miles or pace and just
going off feel, and when we made our
move I just wanted to keep running the
pace I felt good at. But all the sudden it
was kind of just the two of us. The last
part definitely hurt but it was calming
to know, it’s supposed to feel like this.
... A lot of it was trying to keep my emo-
tions steady because it was a high-ten-
sion situation.”
Seidel had been off the map since
2016, when she finished her career at
Notre Dame, a tenure that included the
NCAA Division I cross-country nation-
al title and three track and field titles.
An injury kept Seidel from competing
in the 2016 trials, and her battles with
an eating disorder and other mental
and physical ailments are documented
in a lengthy piece by Runner’s World.
The top-three earned spots.
Contributing: Dan Wolken
Seidel on to
Tokyo after
1st 26.2 miler
Seidel
JR Radcliffe
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | USA TODAY Network
ATLANTA – Galen Rupp, one of the
most accomplished American long-dis-
tance runners in history and a bronze
medalist at the Rio Games in 2016, qual-
ified for his fourth Olympics with a dom-
inating 42.50-second win in the U.S.
Marathon trials.
Both Rupp and second-place finisher
Jake Riley, who made his first Olympic
team, were sidelined in recent years by
Achilles surgery but found themselves
the strongest finishers Saturday in cold
and windy conditions on a difficult, hilly
course that befuddled several of the fa-
vorites on both the men’s and women’s
side. Abdi Abdirahman finished third to
claim the final spot on the team and, at
43, will become the oldest American
male marathoner to make the Olympics.
“I had confidence in my preparation,”
said Rupp, who finished in 2:09:20,
nearly two minutes faster than his win-
ning 2:11:12 time at the 2016 Olympics
trials. “I did a lot of runs longer than 26
miles, so I felt really good about where I
was at physically. The more and more
the race went on the more confidence I
got. The last three or four miles every-
one is hurting at that point. I don’t think
anyone feels great, especially on a
course like this.”
On the women’s side, Aliphine Tulia-
muk qualified for her first Olympics
with a 7.74-second victory over Molly
Seidel. The third and final spot on the
team went to Sally Kipyego, a 34-year-
old who won a silver medal at the 2012
Olympics while competing for Kenya in
the 10,000 meters and became an Amer-
ican citizen in 2017.
“I moved to America 15 years ago and
even though I came here to go to college
(at Texas Tech), I always knew I wanted
to be American and that had nothing to
do with running,” Kipyego said. “What
that scholarship did for me allowed me
to grow as an athlete, to be an Olympian
and a professional athlete, and with that
there was a lot of ripple effect. My family
has been supported because of that. I’ve
been able to support my extended fam-
ily. My husband and I are both Ameri-
cans now, so to represent this country is
a privilege, an honor, and I’m beyond
words. I’m really grateful and I wanted
to run for this great nation because of
the privileges and opportunities this
country afforded me.”
The men’s and women’s races
couldn’t have played out more different-
ly. While the men’s race featured early
breakaways that left contenders won-
dering when it was time to make their
move, the women ran in a lead pack that
was as large as 11 halfway through. It
wasn’t until the 22nd mile that Tulia-
muk and Seidel started to get separation
from the rest of the field, and they even-
tually finished 88.54 seconds ahead of
Kipyego, who was another 10.98 sec-
onds ahead of Des Linden in fourth.
Rupp, if healthy, was a heavy favorite
to make the U.S. team given his mara-
thon résumé including a second at Bos-
ton and a win at Chicago in 2017 as well
as the Prague Marathon championship
in 2018. He also won a silver medal at
the 2012 Olympics in the 10,000.
But even for someone of Rupp’s ex-
perience, it was a bit unnerving to watch
Brian Shrader dominate the early part of
the race, opening up a 31.51-second lead
at the halfway mark. Though his game
plan was to make a move in the final six
or seven miles, a group led by Rupp
started closing the gap with 15 miles to
go and easily took the lead as Shrader
faded and ultimately dropped out.
Rupp broke away at the 20-mile
mark and increased his lead from 3.
seconds to nearly 17 seconds with a
4:52 mile.
Riley was even farther back but de-
cided not to go with Rupp’s group, only
engaging with the leaders with fewer
than three miles to go after making up
more than a minute on third place, set-
ting the stage for a three-way battle
with Abdirahman and Leonard Korir
for the final two spots.
“I think the conservative plan is
what a lot of guys had going into the
day,” Riley said. “Then that big gap
opens up and it’s a very scary decision
to let that distance open because you
know you’re going to have to close it
running into a headwind in a very hilly
race. Going into that final bit one of the
things I was telling myself is there are
no more next times. This is a good
chance it’s going to be your best shot to
ever make a team, so when I made that
move it was no looking back.”
Abdirahman took third, holding off
a final surge from Kohrir. Abdirahman
wasn’t able to participate in the 2016
trials due to a calf injury but competed
in the 10,000 in the 2000, 2004, 2008
and 2012 Olympics. He finished ninth
at the 2019 New York City Marathon.
The women’s and men’s marathon
will take place Aug. 8 and 9, respec-
tively.
Rupp runs away in marathon
Dan Wolken
USA TODAY
Galen Rupp qualified for his fourth Olympics team, winning Saturday’s U.S.
Olympic Team Trials marathon in 2:09:20. KIRBY LEE/USA TODAY SPORTS